Hair analysis in sled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) illustrates a linkage of mercury exposure along the Yukon River with human subsistence food systems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Dunlap, Kriya L ^a   Reynolds, Arleigh J ^a,b   Bowers, Peter M ^c   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c Northern Land Use Research Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ancient dogs; Archaeofauna; Canis lupus familiaris; Mercury; Sled dogs; Subsistence food; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MERCURY (METAL); POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS; SLED DOGS; SUBSISTENCE FOOD;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

FISH OIL; MERCURY;

BIOMARKER; CANID; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALASKA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CREEK; SALCHA RIVER; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548398068     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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